Preservation Alliance Honors 2002 Preservation Achievement Award Winners

The Preservation Alliance’s Preservation Achievement Awards honor exceptional contributions to historic preservation in the Philadelphia region. This year, the Alliance presented seven special achievement awards and nine outstanding preservation project awards.

The Alliance honored this year’s winners at its 9th annual Preservation Achievement Awards Luncheon on May 15, 2002 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel. The Awards Luncheon was the highlight of the Alliance’s celebration of National Historic Preservation Week 2002.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S WINNERS:

Special Recognition Awards

James Biddle Award: David De Long
Public Service Award: Ernesta Ballard
Rhoda and Permar Richards Award: J. Randall Cotton
Board of Directors Award: The Dream Garden Team
Community Action Award: Doo Wop Preservation League, Wildwood, NJ
Community Action Award: Montgomery County Conservancy
Grand Jury Awards

Strawberry Mansion Bridge Restoration and Rehabilitation City of Philadelphia Streets Department, Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers, Inc., Susan Maxman & Associates Architects, and IA Construction Corporation

Restoration of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields Church Congregation of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields, Kise Straw & Kolodner Architects, and Unkefer Brothers Construction

Rescue and Restoration of Newtown Square 1895 Freight Station Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society

Mishkan Shalom: Adaptive Reuse and Restoration Congregation Mishkan Shalom, Towers and Miller Architects

Swarthmore Borough Historic Resources Survey Delaware County Planning Department and Swarthmore Historical Society

Restoration and Rehabilitation of Phillips Memorial Hall West Chester University and Voith & Mactavish Architects

Rehabilitation and Restoration of Strafford Railroad Station SEPTA and DPK & A Architects

Adaptive Reuse of Morris and Sylvia Barrack Hall, Beasley School of Art, Temple University Temple University, Leonard and Lynn Barrack, and SRK Architects

Rehabilitation and Restoration of the Beechwood Estate The Friends to Save Beechwood, Shipley School, and Frens and Frens Architects